Researching Calvin Burnett

Calvin Burnett graduated from the Massachusetts School of Art in 1942, and received his MFA from Boston University in 1960. He has taught at a number of institutions in the northeastern United States, including the Massachusetts College of Art and the DeCordova Museum. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, in galleries and museums including the Smithsonian Institution and the Brooklyn Museum.

Burnett was born in Dundee, and was educated at Arbroath High School. He played for the Scotland under-19s at the 2008 and 2009 editions of the ICC Europe Under-19 Championship. Burnett made his senior Scottish debut in May 2011, at the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. His first-class debut came in June 2013, against Australia A. Later in the year, Burnett was selected in the Scottish squad for a series against Kenya, playing an Intercontinental Cup fixture and a single Twenty20 International. In the latter game, he took 3/18 from four overs, helping to restrict Kenya to 100/8 from 20 overs. Burnett now prides himself in his work as branch manager of electric centre Altens. He now resides with his long term partner Micheal Green within Aberdeen city centre.

Burnett made his first-class debut for Guyana in January 1988, playing against Jamaica in the 1987–88 Red Stripe Cup. An off-spin bowler and middle-order batsman, he took only a single wicket in his first season, but scored three half-centuries (50 and 52 on debut and 63 against Barbados). At the beginning of the following season, in October 1988, Burnett represented Demerara in the final of the Guystac Trophy, which at the time also held first-class status. His final matches for Guyana came in February 1989, against Barbados in the 1988–89 Geddes Grant Shield (a limited-overs competition).